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A History of Scotland: Bloomsbury Essential Histories

Autor Allan I. MacInnes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 oct 2018
This illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom’s genesis in the ninth century to the independence debates of the present day. Considering both internal dynamics and international horizons, Allan Macinnes asserts Scotland’s heritage as significant and compelling in its own right, rather than reducing it to an offshoot of England’s past. 
Rigorous and wide-ranging, this textbook is an essential companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students of History. Its lively and accessible style makes it suitable for anyone with an interest in Scotland’s national development. 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780333671498
ISBN-10: 033367149X
Pagini: 206
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Bloomsbury Essential Histories

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

  • Looks at Scottish History from local, national, and international perspectives.
  • Covers a wide time span, from before the existence of Scotland to present day.
  • Covers areas of strong current interest such as Brexit and its impact on the Scottish independence debate.

Notă biografică

Allan I. Macinnes is Emeritus Professor History at Strathclyde, having formerly taught there and at Glasgow and Aberdeen. He has published extensively on British state formation in the seventeenth century, on Jacobitism, Enlightenment and Empire in the eighteenth century and on Highland clans and clearances from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries. He has written monographs on Charles I and the Emergence of the Covenanting Movement, 1625-41; on Clanship, Commerce and the House of Stewart, 1603-1788; on The British Revolution, 1629-61; on Union and Empire: the making of the United Kingdom in 1707; an on The British Confederate: Archibald Campbell, 1609-61.


Cuprins

Shaping a Mongrel Nation, 832-1214.- Wars of Independence, 1214-1424.- Renaissance and Reformation, 1424-1625.- Covenanters and Jacobites, 1625-1753.- Enlightenment and Enterprise, 1753-1884.- Unionist, Civic Patriots and Nationalists, 1884-1999.- 1999-2018: The Road to Independence?.- Select Bibliography.- Index


Recenzii

To take on the long history of the Scottish nation in a single volume is a prodigious challenge, and Allan Macinnes has risen to the task magnificently. This is a lucid, well-balanced account, full of insight, analysis and no little wit.
This book provides a wide-ranging and readable survey of Scottish history from the medieval era to the present. With clear prose and entertaining anecdotes, Macinnes introduces his readers to the most important personalities, events, and debates in Scotland's past.

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This illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom’s genesis in the ninth century to the independence debates of the present day. Considering both internal dynamics and international horizons, Allan Macinnes asserts Scotland’s heritage as significant and compelling in its own right, rather than reducing it to an offshoot of England’s past. 
Rigorous and wide-ranging, this textbook is an essential companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students of History. Its lively and accessible style makes it suitable for anyone with an interest in Scotland’s national development.